Sanken-Hyundai JV in Rs. 3 b drinking water project, Polonnaruwa

Safe water will be made available to a population of 58,500 in the Polonnaruwa District by the Polonnaruwa Water Supply Scheme, under the Township Infrastructure Development Project in the year 2011.The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank through the Government of Sri Lanka, on the Secondary Towns and Rural Community based Water Supply and Sanitary Project. The Polonnaruwa Water Supply Project is one of the urban water supply schemes to be implemented under this project.
Sanken Lanka (Pvt) Limited in association with Hyundai Engineering Company Limited as Sanken Hyundai JV (joint venture) signed a contract with the National Water Supply and Drainage Board recently at the National Water Supply & Drainage Board Head Office in Ratmalana, to construct the Polonnaruwa Water Supply Project comprising a raw water transmission main treatment plant, treated water plant and head works, on a design and build basis.

S C Amarasinghe, Chairman of National Water Supply and Drainage Board with Ranjith Gunatilake, Managing Director of Sanken Lanka (Pvt) Limited and H Choi of Hyundai Engineering Limited

A group comprising Ranjith Gunatilake (Managing Director – Sanken Lanka), Rohana Wannigama (Deputy General Manager – Sanken Lanka) and Vipula Gunasekera (Project Manager – Sanken Lanka,) visited South Korea to see the Hyundai Engineering Head Office and their ongoing projects in Korea as part of the joint venture. They were welcomed at the Seoul Head Office by The Chairman of Hyundai Engineering with senior officials.